Washington Christian Academy

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Washington Christian Academy
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Washington Christian Academy
16227 Batchellors Forest Road

, ,
20832

United States
Coordinates 39°07′16″N77°04′09″W / 39.12111°N 77.06917°W / 39.12111; -77.06917
Information
Other nameWCA
Former nameWashington Christian School
Type Private
MottoReverent, Adventurous, Academically Serious: in the Historic Reformed Tradition
Religious affiliation(s) Christian
Established1960;63 years ago (1960)
CEEB code 210963
NCES School ID 00580078 [1]
Head of schoolDavid Robinson (started in Fall 2021)
GradesK-12
CampusSuburban
Campus size57.63 acres (23.32 hectares)
Color(s)White and Blue   
Nickname Wildcats
Website WashingtonChristian.org

Washington Christian Academy (WCA) is a private Christian school established in 1960 in Silver Spring, Maryland that is now located in Olney, Maryland, at a new campus that was completed in 2008. [2]

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History

Formation

Washington Christian Academy was formed when local families from Presbyterian and Christian Reformed churches in the area felt the need for a strong, biblically based and diverse school in the Washington metropolitan area. For the time, the school defied cultural values and created a school that specifically named diversity as one of its top qualities. [3] The school was formed as Washington Christian School in 1960 for grades K-4. WCS grew gradually, and in 1982 it leased a larger building from the county on Franwall Avenue in Silver Spring, which allowed it to add a middle school and offer instruction through the eighth grade. WCS expanded again in 1996 when it merged with the nearby Silver Spring Christian Academy (a local high school formed by parents of WCS alumni), forming Washington Christian Academy (Pre K-12). [4]

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Transition

During the 2004–2005 school year, Washington Christian Academy was notified that it would need to leave the rented facility the following year as the building was to be torn down to construct a new public school. For the three years from the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2008, Washington Christian Academy rented space for its elementary school in Colesville Baptist Church off of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, and likewise rented space for the middle and high schools in Global Mission Church on Georgia Avenue in nearby Aspen Hill. During this transition period, Washington Christian Academy was able to purchase land and build a new facility, which opened in the summer of 2008.

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WCA's building and grounds, 2009

New Campus

Washington Christian Academy opened its newly constructed facility in Olney for the fall semester of 2008. The new building provided the school with an increase in available space and opportunity for future expansion. The new WCA property is 57.63 acres (23.32 hectares ) in size, with about 22 acres (8.9 ha) of land currently developed, including the new building, gym, baseball and soccer fields and parking areas. [5]

Athletics

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WCA Wildcat

With the opening of its new Olney campus, WCA also gained a number of modern athletic facilities: including a gymnasium with a hardwood basketball court and seating for up to 300, a multi-purpose athletic field employed for soccer and numerous other sports and a baseball field.

The WCA Men's Varsity soccer in 2010-11 won the championship game.

Between 2015 and 2017, the Varsity Boys won back-to-back; the PVAC Division along with the PVAC Championship capped off with two Maryland Christian State Tournament (MCST) Championship final appearances which one game was won. In 2017, they won the Championship Final of the MCST versus Holly Grove Christian School. Within the new expanded PVAC Conference of 11 teams, the boys finished fourth behind Washington International School, Sandy Spring Friends School, and Berman Hebrew Academy.

In recent years, WCA teams have won the following:

2022-2023

2018-2019

2017-2018

2016-2017

2015-2016

2013-2014

2012-2013

2011-2012

2010-2011

2009-2010

2008-2009

Affiliations

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  2. "Our History: Washington Christian Academy". WashingtonChristian.org. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. "WCA Transcends Racial Boundaries: Why WCA
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